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FAA accident report · Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III · Wasilla, AK · August 5, 2016

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Date
August 5, 2016 · 13:40 local
Place
Wasilla, AK
Airport
Wasilla
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N30CC
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC16FA052
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC 2 MK III
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total1,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
N30CCRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC 2 MK IIIS/N 1566TB4 · Built 1964Airframe modelDehavilland DHC 2 MK IIIEngine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N30CC a DHC-2 mk iii operated by fly denali (A3WC) was in the process of repositioning the airplane part 91 from leisurewood airstrip (9AK6) over to Wasilla Airport for fuel and on up to healy airport. The airman made two radio calls- one five miles out and two -entering left base for 04 at Wasilla. Approximately twenty feet above the runway a Cessna 205 flew over the top of the aircraft. The airman immediately went to beta range and pushed for the ground. The empenage of the Cessna 205 impacted the DHC-2 propeller. The Cessna 205 nosed over hitting the ground collapsing the nose gear and slid to a stop. The DHC-2 veered off the leftside of the runway into the ditch. No injuries were sustained. A local witness observed the DHC-2 landing and the Cessna 205 turning final at approximately the same time landing on top of the DHC-2. The Cessna 205 was on an instructional flight with a student pilot and a flight instructor who had been conducting touch and go's prior to the accident. It has been determined that the Cessna 205 radio was intermittent and therefore the communication link between the airplanes did not transpire. Neither airman was aware that another airplane was in the traffic pattern and landing on runway 04 in Wasilla.

As the FAA filed it

N30CC A DHC-2 MK III OPERATED BY FLY DENALI (A3WC) WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPOSITIONING THE AIRPLANE PART 91 FROM LEISUREWOOD AIRSTRIP (9AK6) OVER TO WASILLA AIRPORT FOR FUEL AND ON UP TO HEALY AIRPORT. THE AIRMAN MADE TWO RADIO CALLS- ONE FIVE MILES OUT AND TWO -ENTERING LEFT BASE FOR 04 AT WASILLA. APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY A CESSNA 205 FLEW OVER THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN IMMEDIATELY WENT TO BETA RANGE AND PUSHED FOR THE GROUND. THE EMPENAGE OF THE CESSNA 205 IMPACTED THE DHC-2 PROPELLER. THE CESSNA 205 NOSED OVER HITTING THE GROUND COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND SLID TO A STOP. THE DHC-2 VEERED OFF THE LEFTSIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE DITCH. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. A LOCAL WITNESS OBSERVED THE DHC-2 LANDING AND THE CESSNA 205 TURNING FINAL AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME LANDING ON TOP OF THE DHC-2. THE CESSNA 205 WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH A STUDENT PILOT AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO HAD BEEN CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CESSNA 205 RADIO WAS INTERMITTENT AND THEREFORE THE COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN THE AIRPLANES DID NOT TRANSPIRE. NEITHER AIRMAN WAS AWARE THAT ANOTHER AIRPLANE WAS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 IN WASILLA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ANC16FA052Accident · Minor injuriesField investigationFinal reportWasilla, AKThe failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other while landing at a non-tower-controlled airport, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the absence of radio calls from the Cessna during the traffic pattern preceding the…Aug 5, 2016 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

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Other reports on N30CC · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19990529005959ALevel Off Touchdown · Anchorage, AKHard landing. (-23) the aircraft was on short final to runway 31 at lake Hood strip. The engine might have been surging a little bit. The student was a little high on the flare to land, when the student rapidly retarded the power lever losing airspeed and the…May 29, 1999 · Reported as Dhav DHC2MK3 · Substantial damage